Years ago, a new mall opened close to our house in Irondequoit NY. There was a little red English delivery van there that had been converted to a Belgian Waffle concession. I fell in love at first bite, and used to make excuses to "go to the mall" so I could sneak a snack. Unfortunately the owner closed up after a year or so. Years later while in Brussels I found my wonderful waffles again... just like I had loved back at home. I tried this recipe today, and it was perfect!! I tried chopping sugar cubes to make the pearl sugar... a real pain to get 1-1/2 cups worth. I think I'll order pearl sugar for my next batch (oh yes, there WILL be a next batch!!)

Reviewer:

Tasted like waffle truck waffles! They were dee-lish! My favorite way to top them is cookie butter (or biscoff), bananas, fresh whipped cream, and a caramel drizzle. If you need more ideas for amazing toppings check out waffle crush, waffle love, and waffle bliss.

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Excellent recipe! I didn't have sugar pearls and couldn't find them locally, so instead, I bought a box of sugar cubes, put them in a plastic bag and pounded them with a rolling pin until I had pearl sized sugar pieces. I used a sieve to sort out the pieces from the loose sugar and a box made about 1 1/2 cup pieces and a half cup of loose sugar. I did find that keeping the waffle maker on medium and cooking them for about 4-4 1/2 minutes each made for an evenly browned waffle and minimal butter loss. Keep in mind, I don't have a fancy waffle maker, just a simple little round Oster waffle iron that I bought at Kmart for $18. The pearls would have been best, but they came out nice and crisp, buttery and with the sugar in nice little lumps all over.
I took the loose sugar from above and made an almond sour cream filling with 16 oz sour cream, 1/4c sugar(approx.- sweeten to taste), 1 tsp almond extract, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. I also made a berry topping with approx 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 cup blackberries, 1 cup blueberries, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. I cooked the berries until they boiled- pureed the mixture and added 1 teaspoon of cornstarch and then cooked it on low until thickened. All together it made a fantastic brunch dish!

Reviewer:

Made this once trying to work around not having the pearl sugar - it was OK. With the pearl sugar, AMAZING! I followed the recipe exactly and let it rise in my oven preheated for standard proofing. Might try rapid proof temp next time or give it a few extra minutes. I used a Waring iron that rotates to make two waffles at a time. Heat was set on 4.3 or so. Cleaning caramelized sugar out of the iron afterwards was a bit messy - but the results are so worth it. I think I like the waffles best at room temp (gives the sugar a chance to solidify a bit). Definitely no syrup needed! I got the pearl sugar from Black Tie Mercantile on Amazon. It was the most expensive bag of sugar I ever bought but I would do it again!

Reviewer:

I have made these once before as recommended with just a bit less butter and they turned out really good. I can't stand when people rate lesser stars because they changed or modified the recipe, thus the five stars.
This is a really good start for a Liege Waffle in my opinion. I've tried a few recipes now. There's another one on a very long blog that's also good, but I question whether that recipe author really understands baking because that recipe is way over complicated - much more than it needs to be.
When I do this recipe now, I make very early or the night before. I do think that in order to really replicate a Belgian Waffle, the dough needs to be chilled for a period of time.
I made this early this AM and divided onto a greased cookie sheet and refrigerated for a couple hours (better if all night). Pull the cookie sheet out for about 30 minutes before making the waffles. This turns out a lot more like a true Belgian waffle (I was just there last month and ate a lot of the "real deals").

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Really easy, dad , and so delicious!! I decreased the butter by a third and would still decrease it more, it was so rich. The dough was a softer dough than the overnight recipes I have used in the past, but so much better tasting. I had bought Lars sugar pearls at ikea.

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Amazeballs! Love it! Haven't tried sugar pearls yet and have to crush up sugar cubes, but it works! I would recommend reheating in a toaster or oven, never in the microwave as they will be soft and the yeast flavor will come out too strong. Doesn't even need syrup!

Reviewer:

This recipe was surprisingly less difficult than I thought it would be. The waffles turned out with a great level of crispiness, sweetness, and that delicious yeasty flavor. However, my waffles leaked butter everywhere, so I think next time I will cut the butter down to one and a half or maybe even just one stick of butter. Otherwise, everything was delicious. I may try the turbinado sugar or the sugar cubes next time to see how close to this it turns out, as the pearl sugar is a little on the pricey side.

This is my 1st time to rate recipe in this site, just because i tried this recipe and it turn out so great. Been searching for this type of wraffle recipe for long, finally get this one and i am so glad that i try, it will be my go for recipe!!! Follow 100% the recipe and it turn out with so good with taste and texture, when cooking its already smell so good. Just need to keep an eye with it as it so easy to burn with the suger. 5 stars are just not enough, yup its that great!!! Thanks so much for the recipe!!!